It’s official: I only trust Satch for reviews. Satch, truly, I rely on your honesty for all things Sims 4. Your humor speaks to me as well. Thank you for taking time to review this! I will continue to use cc for my greenhouses and basically all other things lol
@@kamsm.2556 it’s so embarrassing. i really enjoy building so i am not as effected by gameplay/lack of currently. however, i became more of a builder BECAUSE gameplay lacks so much depth. i had to download multiple mods just to enjoy it. i absolutely agree with satch that it doesn’t even feels like a sims game anymore.
After LGR practically retired from reviewing Sims 4 packs, Satch really is one of the only sim youtubers that are being honest about the content that EA has been releasing. Simyn is another honest reviewer, but the rest are honestly bootlickers
@@yageshabazz3456 i would also add carl to that list. Granted he has switched from doing as many reviews and such to actually modding and making the game better for everybody. Which is always nice ;)
A lot of people are afraid to call out EA? All the Simmers I watch are constantly calling out EA. All the Simmers I see online are constantly calling out EA.... but calling out EA doesn't matter. It's farting in the breeze & they're upwind from it. Calling out asshats all day doesn't matter. You know the saying actions speak louder than fucking words?... Till Simmers put their fucking foot (feet?) down & tell EA to go shit themselves till shit gets better, they'll keep on taking our money & giving us trash. Talk is fucking cheap & doesn't get shit done.
@@Luna-ip4riwell, but I don't think lilsimmsie is dishonest about it either. She said in every kits video that she dislikes kits and thinks they are way to expensive and that she would not buy them if it wasn't her job. She likes building a loot, so it's natural that she is more happy with a build kit than other ones, but she made it really clear that she actually thought the greenhouse kit would be absolut garbage and is therefore happy to see it at least comes with good swatches etc. That is a more positive look on the kit, but it's also very transparent. That you happen to agree with him does not mean that everyone else is afraid to speak up or that they lie.
@@vorgebrauchschutteln3859 i think lilsimsie has just really excitable personality and her gameplay preferences really affect her reviews, I don’t think she’s exactly being dishonest but Satch offers much more balanced view if you actually want to know whether something is objectively worth the price tag.
Interestingly enough, The Sims 3 did have a greenhouse object that I wish was included in this kit. It was a structure that had water sprinklers on top so it could auto-water plants placed under it. Especially because The Sims 4 already had a sprinkler mechanic, this could've been a nice inclusion...
I could be wrong, but I think the sprinklers from seasons can water a few plants. I only saw it once while someone was playing, and it worked only once (of four gardening boxes, only one gardening box holding four plants were actually watered) edit-havent tested it myself
It's a store item no? I remember that using it with the PVZ Sunflower (from the store too), was like cheating because you could get your plants instantly grow.
@@thorasaylor5075 Yes, the sprinklers from Seasons and there are also the vertical planters from Eco-Lifestyle that can be upgraded to have automatic watering and pest control + the hydroponic planters from the same pack, you can unlock with the green-technician career.
I just watched lilsimsies videos and it's crazy how drastically different someone's review and comment section can be. It seems like sunshine and rainbows over there for everything EA releases lol
"Ohhhh this is soooo cute..." and "this pot is game changing guys, we never had this in any sims games before" is that how it sounded like? lol. She's a joke.
i can't stand her since that time she leaked the map for snowy escape and a young fan tweeted screenshots at her, curious abt the stream and she just let her(the fan) be the scapegoat as gurus and fans alike teared her(the fan) down on tt gurus were saying the map leaked wasn't the one from SE, but when it released, lo and behold, it was i haven't heard of her apologizing or owing up to that, so i don't like her.
**PREACH** Literally had the same exact thoughts on it as you. When I saw the list of items leaked on twitter I knew straight away that Max20's set was hands down better than Maxis' attempt. This kit is just a lack luster clutter kit at best
Remember when it came with Seasons because of the whole gardening system and wasn't split into different packs just to make more money... Yeah, good times.
I don’t care for clutter I prefer things to be functional. I miss in the old Sims games where you you have to water the flowers or they will die. Also trim the hedges. I would like a kit that has a bunch of floor swatches and wallpaper. I would like more tile and stone flooring.
THIS!!! I miss those so much. When there is actually a reason to take care of your garden. Tedious at times yes, but you have something to do rather than imagine you have a garden. It makes the world more alive rather than just it being static. Another thing I like about fauna withering (and eventually dying if you don't take care of them) is you get to buy them again. It's so easy to make money in the Sims 4, and you end rich sims all the time because they have nothing to spend it more with, otherwise you'll just end up a house full of non-functional clutter. My biggest issue with the Sims 4 is that it doesn't have incentives to do anything. Why have friends? It's not like you need to build relationships to advance in your career, like previous sims games did. Why buy a more expensive toilet? You can just level up your handiness skill and upgrade your toilets.
They need to start selling kits like “buy 2 get 1 for free”. Amount of kits is insane. Their contents are so small. You know what? Make that “get 3 kits for price of 1”. Then I might get some 😅 I also don’t understand most of them. Men fashion gives you skirts for men. But I can just remove “men” tag in CaS and boom. Every skirt I have is now available for male characters. Greenhouse kit is stupid. I though it actually will make plants grow better or faster. I can make wall made of windows without any kits lol.
Yeah, it seems like kits are the new stuff packs. Lots of that should be in other packs. Like they can merge 2-3 kits as a stuff packs or include it in a Game Pack and people would still buy.
I actually thought, back when we were getting gameplay, CAS, and BB kits, that they were eventually going to introduce an option to bundle three kits together for a reduced price (one gameplay, one CAS, and one BB). I might actually be willing to pay $10 for basically the ability to build your own stuff pack. But individual kits? Nah that's such a ripoff.
I dont understand how these kits are not just updates. Like we have game packs, stuff packs, expansion packs and kits for a game that used to cost like 40$. It's absoluely insane.
The CC Pack you showed is one of my most used it's really great and the Sims 4 kits just don't compare. I love your reviews always honest with no pandering and I appreciate that so much.
I'm not crazy right? Because that gable thing seems useless considering you can just put wallpaper on the roof part. I'm so confused. Edit: They would've been better off giving us those triangular windows. And also a sprinkler system maybe? Idk if we have that or not. Heck maybe even "open" roof window panes would've been cool. Edit: Something else I noticed...the green swatches don't even match
The gable thing could have been cool if it had a design on it, but it's basically the same as walls. Like if it had a diagonal sunburst design, or some ornamental thing, it could have been useful for Victorian style houses. I just don't get what it's for or what it has to do with greenhouses.
The gable object definitely seems pointless after seeing the difference in this video. Making it a window would have been genius. Or a design like another view suggested so it adds something DIFFERENT. Satch's example of the 5 little pots object that you can make yourself with 5 of the individual pots kinda stung too. He's not wrong.
8:09 You were spot on actually, it was called the Stones Throw Greenhouse, it came with a premade lot and it included the SwiftGro Gardening Station which had a ton of features making your gardening more interesting and effecient. I remember it because I used to see it on my loading screen all the time bc it was one of the images for that simpoint minigame
This is why I love your channel. You always say exactly how I feel about EA. We love the sims, but the EA overlords drain all of the heart and souls out of the game. It’s so bad (but I still play it all the time thanks to mods lol)
I don’t often comment on RUclips videos but just wanted to say thank you for the honest reviews. I’m pretty sick of a lot of other channels making excuses for kits. My money these days goes to Patreons for great CC creators. Going to add that greenhouse CC to my list, thanks for showing it off! At least I’m supporting someone’s efforts and not the crap EA are releasing.
That's literally traumatising. Thank you for linking the free CC, I'm not going to pay EA for pretty much a couple of new windows (the only nice thing in there.) I'm honestly so glad we have Satch.
The only reason I might want this kit is for the flooring, walls and windows. The rest is basically the Garden Clutter Kit I expected lmao. Surprised about the fan working though, that's nice. Maybe in a few years, I'll buy it, but for now I also have Max 20's pack and NynaeveDesign's windows so... :)
yeah sims 4 lacks ambition and it just is full of bizarre choices. like for the longest time we had an entire huge observatory for a telescope ONLY which makes no sense but they havent created a working functional "greenhouse" OBJECT? make it make sense. just weird bad choices. bad calls
Never feel like you're being too negative. You're absolutely correct. EA is throwing us these dumpster fire kits and updates just regularly enough to keep our mods and CC broken. We've spent a fortune on this game and they clearly don't respect the players.
The windows seem like they should have been included in the Industrial Lofts kit... Also, I've been noticing that most of the time, "new" textures are just ones recycled from older packs. For eg) I was playing around with debug from the Get Famous pack and noticed the debug house roof textures match the ones in Jungle Adventures. They've been recycling content long before Infants and Growing Together. I think they just make content and then EA/Maxis decides to arbitrarily cut them up between packs and kits. It would explain why they all feel so empty and incomplete. Also playing jungle adventures lately has really pissed me off. I had TS3 World Adventures and OMG it was huge and so much fun! You genuinely had to be engaged and take time to build new skills in order to get through it. They have missed so many opportunities to revamp TS3 content and have chosen....this. I'm sorry but the broken bed item in the basement kit is UGLY...who tf genuinely wants to pay for that???
Another really great cc pack is the Cottage Garden Stuff by The Plumbob Society! It's got lots of build buy cc that's got way more variety than this kit and lots of it is functional! It also includes a whole lot of cas stuff, but you can pick and choose which items you want to download if you don't want to get the whole pack. I've had it for years and I definitely recommend it!
Yess, i love it too and the rustic romance stuff is also phenomenal, the cottage garden stuff is how this greenhouse kit should have been, totally agree:)
I remember how much I fun I had with the greenhouse in sims 2. Unlike this kit, that was a unique feature that came with seasons and I loved that you could grow plants inside anytime regardless of the season. This kit has some nice items but I can still use the windows and objects we already have to build the same thing. I was hoping we could at least use the table for flower arrangement...
So sad, I have been building greenhouses just like this for ages and without this kit, thanks Satch for reviewing this kit, I will save my money and stick to my mods and CC
I commented on your other video yesterday and said that I‘m excited for this kit. When I saw it in the Sims 4 with the preview I realized that it’s just ridiculous. I was about to buy it but I leaned back and just asked myself why I should do that. My game broke after the last update two days ago, my infants are still stretching and for some reason my sims can’t go to sleep, they just take a nap. I’m so mad at EA, it’s just insane how other RUclipsrs like lilsimsie hype this shit up. Thank you for being honest Satch, great video as always! You said all the things I was thinking about this shitty kit.
Like always, it could have been so much more. It would have been so cool if you could take cuttings from all the houseplants and then propagate your own little baby plant and gift it to other sims or keep it and watch it grow. Like, overall they can do SO MUCH more with plants. Have sims repot the plants and add fertiliser. Have them talk or sing to the plants, stuff like that. That would add a really interesting aspect to houseplants for people who are obsessed with houseplants (like me).
Previous video with Satch: " I'm looking forward to the Greenhouse kit more than I am the basement. " Seeing the title of this video: . . . here we go again, EA.
Too bad. I hoped for a real greenhouse because we can make this already. Also disappointing the planting table is not functional. The storage is functional so.. You cán make functional items..
if a greenhouse is just a house with windows everywhere and a glass roof, you dont need this pack to build one. You can just use the base game and put planter boxes inside the same way smh…
i LOVE your sims reviews! you’re so honest and genuine and also so funny the sims 4 seriously feels like a façade…like it’s just a shell of what it once was with sims 3… also thanks for showing that FREE cc kit which seems a lot better than the official one EA put out…aaaaaaand i feel like that previous sentence sums up everything one has to know about sims 4.
Your suggestions are genuinely so good fr, I feel like a greenhouse object with a growth buff would be super cool, or maybe it could have other buffs that make produce worth more or maybe you could get more per harvest! also omg, I got that coke the other day it was so nice 🤭
I built a greenhouse in my game months before this kit using mostly Eco Lifestyle things. It had two parts to it: a room for plants (and inside or under a roof, they grow as sheltered), and the second room was for the crickets and things. Worked perfectly fine like the greenhouse in Sims 2--minus the sprinklers they made specifically for the greenhouse. My sims just went in and watered them like usual. No big deal. To be honest, I'd love to just add the cool stuff from the free CC kit and make it look way better than what EA is charging $4.99 (US) for. Seeing all that it comes with, it seems Greenhouse Haven is an unnecessary kit with a working fan.
At this point these Kits should just be content made by CC creators to be honest. What if they just bought a CC-pack every month or two months from a creator for a certain amount of money and just implement that in the game. It would literally save them money, it would give creators a great opportunity to have their work really take off and get paid good in return and all us simmers win bc it actually works and looks good lmao.
Ugh. I was really looking forward to this one! I wanted the grow lights, the stacked seedling shelves, planter boxes, heat mat (like little versions of the ones you can craft that auto water, etc.) and the walls, windows, roof, and arches in glass and plastic. The fan and bags of soil are what I wanted though. Boo. I'll stick with my Orjanic cc to make my greenhouse and the stuff I already have from the game.
This is the problem with ea now, nothing they release adds depth. Even expansion packs I feel are so lacking in adding interesting gameplay. They’re basically at this point asking people to pay for decorations and meaningless interactions. There’s no meaning behind anything. What you said at the end was so spot on about it being passionless
At first glance you think "this is a nice kit" but then you notice the lack of triangle window, the lack of planter box, the lack of use for that high table that could be use for flower arrangements if you have seasons, more plants period just to decorate, maybe new seeds packages with new variants of fruits or something.. sad.
I 100% agree with you. With the latest packs, I always look for cc and mods that are similar and you can find them very easily. They are for free, they are often better and not broken moders and cc creators really are the backbone of the Sims community. Sometimes I wish Sims was still available on actually CD-ROM because I dearly wish to resell some of the packs I hardly ever use or are too broken to play and just take up space on my laptop.
That kit should have been a minor refresh of Seasons. The end panels of ALL glass roofs should be transparent by default. There is a third square plant box. You need to build it yourself in the wood work table. It looks like a rougher version of one from Werewolves. You greatly reinforce my resolve to NOT get that kit. It's just not worth the price. It's not even worth $0.01. That CC circular bench can obviously be placed around any tree or lamp post. It's shape screams for that use. That CC have more stuff and value than that kit.
Thanks for putting it out there, again, that EA could easily work with creators or their own team to put out more items in these kits and better functioning objects!
8:33 For what it's worth, there's actually a small square box with the outdoor retreat expansion pack. I think it's only available through crafting though. edit: specified expansion pack
Gardening is one of Seasons' major features. If they'd made the items functional, it would be available for $5. Coding the items to only work for people with Seasons (like the infant playmat and Growing Together) would've required more devs. As always, EA chose what would turn the biggest profit. It's much cheaper to create pretty props and people interested in gardening have to pay more than $5.
Can we also mention why they wouldn’t do the greenhouse windows for ALL wall heights too?? I went to add a green house to my existing lot that had medium wall height and was so disappointed they weren’t there? It looked so strange that I didn’t end up adding it. I would’ve preferred that than an item clustering 5 small plants that I could’ve done myself like you said.
If you make a side by side, making a green house without the kit, like we've been doing, next to the new kit, you'd see there is no need to buy the kit.
I’m so happy you said what you said Satch! I find myself not even wanting to play the Sims4 after I’ve loved/played the other versions growing up. It has no heart!
Thanks for linking the CC set. I purchased the kit and I do like it, but the CC set is beautiful. The item description for the greenhouse lamp does specify that it helps plants grow faster, so we'll see I guess.
Since you mentioned cc, House of Harlix has a square small planter box like the one you were describing. It slots in one grid tile. It's part of the Orjanic pack!
If the grow lights were UV lights and added game play, like improved plant quality, basement grow rooms...420, but placing it over doorways as anti vampire builds.... pro plant sims. Tanning room? Seasonal adjustment disorder moodlet?
Loved the review and it caused a lightbulb moment for me. Do you think EA is drowning the Sims 4, so they can just milk it dry for when Sims 5 comes out and everyone is SO hyped because “they are finally listening”? To me it kinda looks like the Sims team is character assassinating Sims 4 so Sims 5 can be our white knight to drive sales. The ‘ol make the past product obsolete marketing model
I don’t care what anybody says, I’m stupidly excited about the greenhouse kit just because of the screened version of the windows. Where I live if you have a porch, it better be screened!
I knew it would be. This was a pointless pack. Especially being released this late in the series. I was just waiting for your confirmation video. Honest reviews as always. You’re appreciated bro.
I had the exact same thoughts as you when I saw this. It’s such a wasted opportunity because I would love actual greenhouses in my game. I’m going to go get the cc one instead lmao. The one thing I’m annoyed about is I genuinely am obsessed with that flooring but it’s not worth $5 USD
It’s not a rant, it is straight up FACTS, I told myself after Growing Together, which I actually don’t like, I’m done buying Sims packs. I am currently replaying Sims Complete Collection and Sims 2. Way more fun. Thank you for being one of the only honest content channels
I was gonna say I already have Greenhouse CC that's better than EA's Greenhouse Haven Kit and you bring up the exact set I downloaded the other day at the end of the video. YUP!
Wow, I'm really glad you showed the difference between the EA and the CC! I haven't played Sims 4 for over a year but I like to have a peek into the chaos every once in a while to see if things get better for the players. Got no hope for it anymore, but one can wish. Speaking of missed opportunities, there even is a greenhouse on one of the floating islands in Realm of Magic - shouldn't it have been so easy to just use that model (which isn't even clickable) for this kit? It could have been a decorative one, like the CC. This game makes me so incredibly confused and tired.
that garden pack is the first CC object set that I really like! I might buy it. Always make gardens for my legacies (including not so berry) and 100 baby challenge.
I love how honest you are! You are completely right. EA are not giving the players what they want or value for money. Thanks for your honesty! From a fellow English simmer x
Omg I can not wait to watch your basement kit review im being completely honest when I say this I wonder if you feel it's as trashy and f-ed as I do. I am still p*ssed off about it.
i agree with you, a ready made green house would have been brilliant. they would have given us the option of make your own or one already built. i would have liked to have seen raised planters for veggies or plants. heater lamps to help the plants grow, or keep warm during winter if you have seasons. they could have given much more in this pack. love your videos by the way. x
It’s official: I only trust Satch for reviews. Satch, truly, I rely on your honesty for all things Sims 4. Your humor speaks to me as well. Thank you for taking time to review this! I will continue to use cc for my greenhouses and basically all other things lol
@@kamsm.2556 it’s so embarrassing. i really enjoy building so i am not as effected by gameplay/lack of currently. however, i became more of a builder BECAUSE gameplay lacks so much depth. i had to download multiple mods just to enjoy it. i absolutely agree with satch that it doesn’t even feels like a sims game anymore.
After LGR practically retired from reviewing Sims 4 packs, Satch really is one of the only sim youtubers that are being honest about the content that EA has been releasing. Simyn is another honest reviewer, but the rest are honestly bootlickers
@@yageshabazz3456 there is also fake gamer girl + i belive LGR still does reviews but only ep
@@yageshabazz3456 i would also add carl to that list. Granted he has switched from doing as many reviews and such to actually modding and making the game better for everybody. Which is always nice ;)
@@yageshabazz3456 same!
My take on kits is "why spend 5€ on kits when i can have better and nicer things for free thanks to the wonderful CC creators out there"😊
Yes! I have a CC set very much like this, but so much nicer.
Console😐
The audacity to release these kits right after a gamebreaking patch 😭
It’s honestly refreshing to have an honest simmer that wont sugar coat it. A lot of people are afraid to call out EA on their bs
so true
A lot of people are afraid to call out EA? All the Simmers I watch are constantly calling out EA. All the Simmers I see online are constantly calling out EA.... but calling out EA doesn't matter. It's farting in the breeze & they're upwind from it. Calling out asshats all day doesn't matter. You know the saying actions speak louder than fucking words?... Till Simmers put their fucking foot (feet?) down & tell EA to go shit themselves till shit gets better, they'll keep on taking our money & giving us trash. Talk is fucking cheap & doesn't get shit done.
I love the difference between his vid and the bigger simmer vid. Just look at the staggering difference between his vid and lilsimmies
@@Luna-ip4riwell, but I don't think lilsimmsie is dishonest about it either. She said in every kits video that she dislikes kits and thinks they are way to expensive and that she would not buy them if it wasn't her job. She likes building a loot, so it's natural that she is more happy with a build kit than other ones, but she made it really clear that she actually thought the greenhouse kit would be absolut garbage and is therefore happy to see it at least comes with good swatches etc. That is a more positive look on the kit, but it's also very transparent.
That you happen to agree with him does not mean that everyone else is afraid to speak up or that they lie.
@@vorgebrauchschutteln3859 i think lilsimsie has just really excitable personality and her gameplay preferences really affect her reviews, I don’t think she’s exactly being dishonest but Satch offers much more balanced view if you actually want to know whether something is objectively worth the price tag.
Interestingly enough, The Sims 3 did have a greenhouse object that I wish was included in this kit. It was a structure that had water sprinklers on top so it could auto-water plants placed under it. Especially because The Sims 4 already had a sprinkler mechanic, this could've been a nice inclusion...
I could be wrong, but I think the sprinklers from seasons can water a few plants. I only saw it once while someone was playing, and it worked only once (of four gardening boxes, only one gardening box holding four plants were actually watered)
edit-havent tested it myself
It's a store item no? I remember that using it with the PVZ Sunflower (from the store too), was like cheating because you could get your plants instantly grow.
this kit is basically a bunch of clutter and 0 functionality ( kinda typical for s4 tbh, sadly
@@thorasaylor5075 Yes, the sprinklers from Seasons and there are also the vertical planters from Eco-Lifestyle that can be upgraded to have automatic watering and pest control + the hydroponic planters from the same pack, you can unlock with the green-technician career.
It was a premium store item but I loved it...
EA’s Greenhouse Haven Kit is the kit your mum says you have at home when you ask for a greenhouse kit
I just watched lilsimsies videos and it's crazy how drastically different someone's review and comment section can be. It seems like sunshine and rainbows over there for everything EA releases lol
TRUE!
"Ohhhh this is soooo cute..." and "this pot is game changing guys, we never had this in any sims games before" is that how it sounded like? lol. She's a joke.
i can't stand her since that time she leaked the map for snowy escape and a young fan tweeted screenshots at her, curious abt the stream and she just let her(the fan) be the scapegoat as gurus and fans alike teared her(the fan) down on tt
gurus were saying the map leaked wasn't the one from SE, but when it released, lo and behold, it was
i haven't heard of her apologizing or owing up to that, so
i don't like her.
Literally calling that roof thing amazing when u can just... paint the roof...
I dont know how these people are still enthusiastic after 9y. I'm over it and I have been playing since last Fall.
**PREACH**
Literally had the same exact thoughts on it as you. When I saw the list of items leaked on twitter I knew straight away that Max20's set was hands down better than Maxis' attempt. This kit is just a lack luster clutter kit at best
The only decent thing in this pack is the flooring. Maybe you could work on your own version? 😊❤❤❤❤ please…
Remmember when in Sims 2 there was special wall type that was just glass wall. Yeah I miss it so much.
Remember when it came with Seasons because of the whole gardening system and wasn't split into different packs just to make more money... Yeah, good times.
@@kacpernowak1535 the problem is it’s all about money now. Such as DLC for other games or paying for subscriptions, it’s just sad.
@@heartroll8719 for big companies, at least... this is why we should support indie games!! And pray they don't sellout to big companies!
I don’t care for clutter I prefer things to be functional. I miss in the old Sims games where you you have to water the flowers or they will die. Also trim the hedges. I would like a kit that has a bunch of floor swatches and wallpaper. I would like more tile and stone flooring.
THIS!!! I miss those so much. When there is actually a reason to take care of your garden. Tedious at times yes, but you have something to do rather than imagine you have a garden. It makes the world more alive rather than just it being static. Another thing I like about fauna withering (and eventually dying if you don't take care of them) is you get to buy them again. It's so easy to make money in the Sims 4, and you end rich sims all the time because they have nothing to spend it more with, otherwise you'll just end up a house full of non-functional clutter. My biggest issue with the Sims 4 is that it doesn't have incentives to do anything. Why have friends? It's not like you need to build relationships to advance in your career, like previous sims games did. Why buy a more expensive toilet? You can just level up your handiness skill and upgrade your toilets.
The circular bench would look amazing around a tree!! Wow!
I have not purchased any kits for Sims 4 and I don't plan on buying these kits either. Thanks for another great video! 🤗
I only downloaded the Desert one when they put it out for free, the only time a kit was worth the price
I love how satch just gets right to the chase
Right! We don’t need a long, overly enthusiastic intro and a rundown of what the video is going to be about. Just show us what it is lol 😂
They need to start selling kits like “buy 2 get 1 for free”.
Amount of kits is insane. Their contents are so small.
You know what? Make that “get 3 kits for price of 1”. Then I might get some 😅
I also don’t understand most of them. Men fashion gives you skirts for men. But I can just remove “men” tag in CaS and boom. Every skirt I have is now available for male characters.
Greenhouse kit is stupid. I though it actually will make plants grow better or faster. I can make wall made of windows without any kits lol.
Yeah, it seems like kits are the new stuff packs. Lots of that should be in other packs. Like they can merge 2-3 kits as a stuff packs or include it in a Game Pack and people would still buy.
I actually thought, back when we were getting gameplay, CAS, and BB kits, that they were eventually going to introduce an option to bundle three kits together for a reduced price (one gameplay, one CAS, and one BB). I might actually be willing to pay $10 for basically the ability to build your own stuff pack. But individual kits? Nah that's such a ripoff.
That'll never happen lol, they're gonna choose whatever makes them the most money.
I dont understand how these kits are not just updates. Like we have game packs, stuff packs, expansion packs and kits for a game that used to cost like 40$. It's absoluely insane.
so basically.. everyone with cc already have *even better* items
People with cc probably have actual functional greenhouses
Thats been the case for years
I've downloaded so much plant related CC 😂
The CC Pack you showed is one of my most used it's really great and the Sims 4 kits just don't compare.
I love your reviews always honest with no pandering and I appreciate that so much.
I'm not crazy right? Because that gable thing seems useless considering you can just put wallpaper on the roof part. I'm so confused.
Edit: They would've been better off giving us those triangular windows. And also a sprinkler system maybe? Idk if we have that or not. Heck maybe even "open" roof window panes would've been cool.
Edit: Something else I noticed...the green swatches don't even match
Yeah it looks like someone who has never built in game to know it’s useless made it.
Literally what is the purpose of that thing. Also he didn't show it but the windows come in medium height as well EXCEPT u don't get an open version
The gable thing could have been cool if it had a design on it, but it's basically the same as walls. Like if it had a diagonal sunburst design, or some ornamental thing, it could have been useful for Victorian style houses. I just don't get what it's for or what it has to do with greenhouses.
The gable object definitely seems pointless after seeing the difference in this video. Making it a window would have been genius. Or a design like another view suggested so it adds something DIFFERENT.
Satch's example of the 5 little pots object that you can make yourself with 5 of the individual pots kinda stung too. He's not wrong.
@@lickthismiff or just glass, like the easiest thing
The fact we can make greenhouses with literally 1 roof in the basegame 😭
Exactly 😂
8:09 You were spot on actually, it was called the Stones Throw Greenhouse, it came with a premade lot and it included the SwiftGro Gardening Station which had a ton of features making your gardening more interesting and effecient. I remember it because I used to see it on my loading screen all the time bc it was one of the images for that simpoint minigame
So glad you said modder's/CC creators have already created this - thought the windows and doors looked eerily similar to CC I already have 🥲
This is why I love your channel. You always say exactly how I feel about EA. We love the sims, but the EA overlords drain all of the heart and souls out of the game. It’s so bad (but I still play it all the time thanks to mods lol)
Yep, modders carry the game!!!
I don’t often comment on RUclips videos but just wanted to say thank you for the honest reviews. I’m pretty sick of a lot of other channels making excuses for kits.
My money these days goes to Patreons for great CC creators. Going to add that greenhouse CC to my list, thanks for showing it off! At least I’m supporting someone’s efforts and not the crap EA are releasing.
I got more excited about finding out the CC kit has a functioning water hose, I have that cc and I didnt know it worked.
That's literally traumatising. Thank you for linking the free CC, I'm not going to pay EA for pretty much a couple of new windows (the only nice thing in there.) I'm honestly so glad we have Satch.
The only reason I might want this kit is for the flooring, walls and windows. The rest is basically the Garden Clutter Kit I expected lmao. Surprised about the fan working though, that's nice. Maybe in a few years, I'll buy it, but for now I also have Max 20's pack and NynaeveDesign's windows so... :)
Exactly and the Orjanic pack from house of Harlix
yeah sims 4 lacks ambition and it just is full of bizarre choices. like for the longest time we had an entire huge observatory for a telescope ONLY which makes no sense but they havent created a working functional "greenhouse" OBJECT? make it make sense. just weird bad choices. bad calls
Never feel like you're being too negative. You're absolutely correct. EA is throwing us these dumpster fire kits and updates just regularly enough to keep our mods and CC broken. We've spent a fortune on this game and they clearly don't respect the players.
Having only one panel with multiple swatches creates the illusion that there's a lot to choose from 🧐
Satch, you are spot on!!! and thank you for the comparison with max20's cc pack. that really drove your points home. that "greenhouse" kit is shocking
This would've been the perfect kit for more plantsim gameplay but Naur 🙄
Greenhouse and basement kit being released on April 20th....😏
Basemental mod is gonna be even more fun now
the only good thing about these kits lmao
I'm literally shocked the fan actually rotates lol. I thought for sure it'd be another static object.
The windows seem like they should have been included in the Industrial Lofts kit...
Also, I've been noticing that most of the time, "new" textures are just ones recycled from older packs. For eg) I was playing around with debug from the Get Famous pack and noticed the debug house roof textures match the ones in Jungle Adventures. They've been recycling content long before Infants and Growing Together. I think they just make content and then EA/Maxis decides to arbitrarily cut them up between packs and kits. It would explain why they all feel so empty and incomplete.
Also playing jungle adventures lately has really pissed me off. I had TS3 World Adventures and OMG it was huge and so much fun! You genuinely had to be engaged and take time to build new skills in order to get through it. They have missed so many opportunities to revamp TS3 content and have chosen....this. I'm sorry but the broken bed item in the basement kit is UGLY...who tf genuinely wants to pay for that???
I do believe they do have a board that says: _"Dear Maxis dont do anything that makes players happy"_
but also I believe they are losing employees
I do like that flooring! Works for a path, or a patio like space. An outdoor shower!
Another really great cc pack is the Cottage Garden Stuff by The Plumbob Society! It's got lots of build buy cc that's got way more variety than this kit and lots of it is functional! It also includes a whole lot of cas stuff, but you can pick and choose which items you want to download if you don't want to get the whole pack. I've had it for years and I definitely recommend it!
Yess, i love it too and the rustic romance stuff is also phenomenal, the cottage garden stuff is how this greenhouse kit should have been, totally agree:)
I remember how much I fun I had with the greenhouse in sims 2. Unlike this kit, that was a unique feature that came with seasons and I loved that you could grow plants inside anytime regardless of the season. This kit has some nice items but I can still use the windows and objects we already have to build the same thing. I was hoping we could at least use the table for flower arrangement...
So sad, I have been building greenhouses just like this for ages and without this kit, thanks Satch for reviewing this kit, I will save my money and stick to my mods and CC
They should’ve at least had water sprinklers like they did in sims 3…
I commented on your other video yesterday and said that I‘m excited for this kit. When I saw it in the Sims 4 with the preview I realized that it’s just ridiculous. I was about to buy it but I leaned back and just asked myself why I should do that. My game broke after the last update two days ago, my infants are still stretching and for some reason my sims can’t go to sleep, they just take a nap. I’m so mad at EA, it’s just insane how other RUclipsrs like lilsimsie hype this shit up. Thank you for being honest Satch, great video as always! You said all the things I was thinking about this shitty kit.
Like always, it could have been so much more. It would have been so cool if you could take cuttings from all the houseplants and then propagate your own little baby plant and gift it to other sims or keep it and watch it grow. Like, overall they can do SO MUCH more with plants. Have sims repot the plants and add fertiliser. Have them talk or sing to the plants, stuff like that. That would add a really interesting aspect to houseplants for people who are obsessed with houseplants (like me).
Previous video with Satch: " I'm looking forward to the Greenhouse kit more than I am the basement. "
Seeing the title of this video: . . . here we go again, EA.
That brick flooring can also be good in a bathroom (outdoor one) kitchen, pool deck, or fountain bottom.
Too bad. I hoped for a real greenhouse because we can make this already. Also disappointing the planting table is not functional. The storage is functional so.. You cán make functional items..
if a greenhouse is just a house with windows everywhere and a glass roof, you dont need this pack to build one. You can just use the base game and put planter boxes inside the same way smh…
i LOVE your sims reviews! you’re so honest and genuine and also so funny
the sims 4 seriously feels like a façade…like it’s just a shell of what it once was with sims 3…
also thanks for showing that FREE cc kit which seems a lot better than the official one EA put out…aaaaaaand i feel like that previous sentence sums up everything one has to know about sims 4.
Better build buy by Twisted Mexi has a kit filter, Satch! Yay! Great video as usual! ❤️
I discovered you yesterday- absolutely love your personality! You are a gem in the sims community.
Your suggestions are genuinely so good fr, I feel like a greenhouse object with a growth buff would be super cool, or maybe it could have other buffs that make produce worth more or maybe you could get more per harvest! also omg, I got that coke the other day it was so nice 🤭
Love how they release a greenhouse kit when gardening has been broken for months, even maybe over a year :)))
I built a greenhouse in my game months before this kit using mostly Eco Lifestyle things. It had two parts to it: a room for plants (and inside or under a roof, they grow as sheltered), and the second room was for the crickets and things. Worked perfectly fine like the greenhouse in Sims 2--minus the sprinklers they made specifically for the greenhouse. My sims just went in and watered them like usual. No big deal. To be honest, I'd love to just add the cool stuff from the free CC kit and make it look way better than what EA is charging $4.99 (US) for. Seeing all that it comes with, it seems Greenhouse Haven is an unnecessary kit with a working fan.
At this point these Kits should just be content made by CC creators to be honest. What if they just bought a CC-pack every month or two months from a creator for a certain amount of money and just implement that in the game. It would literally save them money, it would give creators a great opportunity to have their work really take off and get paid good in return and all us simmers win bc it actually works and looks good lmao.
I can’t believe they didn’t give us anything functional
Ugh. I was really looking forward to this one! I wanted the grow lights, the stacked seedling shelves, planter boxes, heat mat (like little versions of the ones you can craft that auto water, etc.) and the walls, windows, roof, and arches in glass and plastic. The fan and bags of soil are what I wanted though. Boo.
I'll stick with my Orjanic cc to make my greenhouse and the stuff I already have from the game.
How tf did this not come with any planters?
it is insane to me that this pack did not come with any functional plant pots!
This is the problem with ea now, nothing they release adds depth. Even expansion packs I feel are so lacking in adding interesting gameplay. They’re basically at this point asking people to pay for decorations and meaningless interactions. There’s no meaning behind anything. What you said at the end was so spot on about it being passionless
At first glance you think "this is a nice kit" but then you notice the lack of triangle window, the lack of planter box, the lack of use for that high table that could be use for flower arrangements if you have seasons, more plants period just to decorate, maybe new seeds packages with new variants of fruits or something.. sad.
I 100% agree with you. With the latest packs, I always look for cc and mods that are similar and you can find them very easily. They are for free, they are often better and not broken moders and cc creators really are the backbone of the Sims community. Sometimes I wish Sims was still available on actually CD-ROM because I dearly wish to resell some of the packs I hardly ever use or are too broken to play and just take up space on my laptop.
“my first greenhouse clutter kit” 🤣🤣
It makes me so mad that there is never any gameplay attached to items now. Sims 4 is basically just a building simulator.
WOW this kit is SO good. I'm SO using my money on a couple of unfunctionable items :)
Stoked for my first greenhouse pet stuff which adds worms and nothing else to the game
That kit should have been a minor refresh of Seasons.
The end panels of ALL glass roofs should be transparent by default.
There is a third square plant box. You need to build it yourself in the wood work table. It looks like a rougher version of one from Werewolves.
You greatly reinforce my resolve to NOT get that kit. It's just not worth the price. It's not even worth $0.01.
That CC circular bench can obviously be placed around any tree or lamp post. It's shape screams for that use. That CC have more stuff and value than that kit.
U could create Kits called ,,The boredom Kit“ and the ,,Loading screen extender Kit“ and people would still defend and buy it!
EA have become incredibly lazy. there’s no creativity or passion in anything they release nowadays.
Thanks for putting it out there, again, that EA could easily work with creators or their own team to put out more items in these kits and better functioning objects!
Thank you so much for your support I really appreciate it!
8:33 For what it's worth, there's actually a small square box with the outdoor retreat expansion pack. I think it's only available through crafting though.
edit: specified expansion pack
Gardening is one of Seasons' major features. If they'd made the items functional, it would be available for $5. Coding the items to only work for people with Seasons (like the infant playmat and Growing Together) would've required more devs. As always, EA chose what would turn the biggest profit. It's much cheaper to create pretty props and people interested in gardening have to pay more than $5.
That comparison to the cc pack is brutal 😮
Can we also mention why they wouldn’t do the greenhouse windows for ALL wall heights too?? I went to add a green house to my existing lot that had medium wall height and was so disappointed they weren’t there? It looked so strange that I didn’t end up adding it. I would’ve preferred that than an item clustering 5 small plants that I could’ve done myself like you said.
At first I thought that the kit was alright but then I saw the cc pack and now I can't unsee the cash grabbiness😂😂
One of the window swatches is a screen. I saw it on another RUclips channel, so you could make screen in porches. 😊
If you make a side by side, making a green house without the kit, like we've been doing, next to the new kit, you'd see there is no need to buy the kit.
THANK YOU FOR THE CC LINK!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been looking for something like this for so long!
I’m so happy you said what you said Satch! I find myself not even wanting to play the Sims4 after I’ve loved/played the other versions growing up. It has no heart!
Thanks for linking the CC set. I purchased the kit and I do like it, but the CC set is beautiful. The item description for the greenhouse lamp does specify that it helps plants grow faster, so we'll see I guess.
Every time they come out with a kit the community should push cc packs that do the same concept better
So rare to get an actual review instead of
"Omg new dlc so exciting buy it" video
So basically this is the same thing I've been doing to make greenhouses before. Just a regular room with alot of windows.
I think it's pretty cute :) I can build some nice indoor gardens now and I'll definitely add the flower arranging table inside one.
when you shew the cc creators kit side by side with ea’s it was a bit embarrassing on their behalf 😭 it just emphasises how measly their kits are
Never change Satch. You're honest and humorous, and your reviews are my only go-tos haha. Love your Tik toks too
Since you mentioned cc, House of Harlix has a square small planter box like the one you were describing. It slots in one grid tile. It's part of the Orjanic pack!
If the grow lights were UV lights and added game play, like improved plant quality, basement grow rooms...420, but placing it over doorways as anti vampire builds.... pro plant sims. Tanning room? Seasonal adjustment disorder moodlet?
Loved the review and it caused a lightbulb moment for me. Do you think EA is drowning the Sims 4, so they can just milk it dry for when Sims 5 comes out and everyone is SO hyped because “they are finally listening”? To me it kinda looks like the Sims team is character assassinating Sims 4 so Sims 5 can be our white knight to drive sales. The ‘ol make the past product obsolete marketing model
if anyone is interested in cc good for greenhouses, ORJANIC is really cool, it has glass roofs and even triangle windows
I don’t care what anybody says, I’m stupidly excited about the greenhouse kit just because of the screened version of the windows. Where I live if you have a porch, it better be screened!
I knew it would be. This was a pointless pack. Especially being released this late in the series. I was just waiting for your confirmation video. Honest reviews as always. You’re appreciated bro.
I had the exact same thoughts as you when I saw this. It’s such a wasted opportunity because I would love actual greenhouses in my game. I’m going to go get the cc one instead lmao. The one thing I’m annoyed about is I genuinely am obsessed with that flooring but it’s not worth $5 USD
omg the CC stuff is beautiful ! I want to get it
It’s not a rant, it is straight up FACTS, I told myself after Growing Together, which I actually don’t like, I’m done buying Sims packs. I am currently replaying Sims Complete Collection and Sims 2. Way more fun. Thank you for being one of the only honest content channels
I was gonna say I already have Greenhouse CC that's better than EA's Greenhouse Haven Kit and you bring up the exact set I downloaded the other day at the end of the video. YUP!
Wow, I'm really glad you showed the difference between the EA and the CC! I haven't played Sims 4 for over a year but I like to have a peek into the chaos every once in a while to see if things get better for the players. Got no hope for it anymore, but one can wish.
Speaking of missed opportunities, there even is a greenhouse on one of the floating islands in Realm of Magic - shouldn't it have been so easy to just use that model (which isn't even clickable) for this kit? It could have been a decorative one, like the CC. This game makes me so incredibly confused and tired.
that garden pack is the first CC object set that I really like! I might buy it. Always make gardens for my legacies (including not so berry) and 100 baby challenge.
I feel dumb for asking but I haven't ever tried.....but could you not just build a greenhouse without this pack? lol
I love how honest you are! You are completely right. EA are not giving the players what they want or value for money. Thanks for your honesty! From a fellow English simmer x
Lol 😂 when looking at the single plant, “so this, basically isn’t real” you kill me 😂
Omg I can not wait to watch your basement kit review im being completely honest when I say this I wonder if you feel it's as trashy and f-ed as I do. I am still p*ssed off about it.
i agree with you, a ready made green house would have been brilliant. they would have given us the option of make your own or one already built. i would have liked to have seen raised planters for veggies or plants. heater lamps to help the plants grow, or keep warm during winter if you have seasons. they could have given much more in this pack. love your videos by the way. x